Means for screening or obscuring ships



KARTON. MEANS FOR SCREENING 0R osscumwe SHIPS APPL ICATION FILED OCT-18."l9l].

Patented July 22, 1919.

IN VE/V TOR ,4 TTOR/VEY THE cnLuMBm PLANOGRAPH cu, WASHINGTON. n, c

ISIDOB KARTON, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MEANS FOR SCREENING OR OBSGURING SHIPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919..

Application filed October 18, 1917. Serial N 0. 197,220.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsrnoR KAR'roN, a citi- Zen of Russia, residing atBrooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Means for Screening or Obscuring Ships, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for screening orobscuring ships, whether in movement or at rest, and has as its specialobject the provision of means whereby a sea-going vessel may be screenedor masked in such manner as to be difiicult to distinguish from thesurface of the water except upon a near approach thereto, and isintended more particularly to protect such ships from liability ofattack by submarines.

This object is attained by the novel construction, combination andarrangement of parts hereafter described and shown in the accompanyingdrawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of a vessel at sea completely enshroudedin a mask or screen made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 4 is side elevational view showing a modified form of screeningmeans, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

In the drawings, the numeral 10, is applied to a conventional form ofsea-going vessel, the same being provided with the usual smokestacks 11and masts 12, the vessel in fact having all the usual accoutrementscommonly existing.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, a pair of obliquelydisposed plates 14 are arranged to extend from the water line to a pointencompassing the highest mast, the plates being arranged on both sidesof the vessel, and having joined with them end plates 15 so that thevessel will be completely enveloped therein. Suitable openings 18 arearranged at the top so as to permit smoke to escape and also to act inthe manner of a ventilator, fresh air being received within the envelopas the lower edges of the plates are raised by the rocking or careeningof the ship, and also through openings in the plates for navigationpurposes.

These plates are secured by out-board supports 20 and 21, arrangedrespectively immediately above the water line and at the level of thehighest deck, the line of convergence 22 of the side plates beingsecured to the masts 12 Or other supports specially provided for thispurpose, and it is to be understood that these plates are so painted andcolored as to represent the water over which the vessel may be sailing.

In the views shown in Figs. 4 and 5, a plurality of mirrors 30 aresecured to the hull of the vessel, the same being embodied in waterproofcement so as to be held rigidly in engagement, similar plates 32encircling the smoke stacks 11 in a manner which will be wellunderstood, and it will be obvious that a vessel incased in mirrors orplates, or the plates of the vessel itself having a reflecting surface,will at a distance reflect the surface of the water so as to deceive anobserver, under ordinary conditions.

WVhile I am aware that it is not new to screen or mask articles uponland, it is believed to be novel to completely or partially enshroud amarine vessel with plate mirrors, by which the waves of the water arereflected.

Therefore, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

A ship screen comprising a pair of flat plates arranged at the sides ofthe ship and converging upwardly and inwardly toward one another andentirely inclosing the ships superstructure, a space being left betweenthe upper edges of said plates adjacent the smoke stack of the vessel,said plates being painted in colors representing the water surace.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification this18th day of July, 1917.

ISIDOR KARTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for live cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

